Sir Patrick Stewart & Ricky Gervais Couldn't Stop Laughing Over The Word 'Panties'
Mar 21, 2025
This is a wonderful story.
Ricky and Patrick you obviously know each other you work together on extras
Now is it true that you you didn't think it was Ricky trying to contact you it is true
Yeah, I had a friend who was very good at doing impersonations voices
And I was in my local supermarket down in Bermondsey. You know keeping it real
And
My phone rang and I said yeah, and this voice said I'm Patrick it's Ricky
Ricky and I said Ricky Ricky's your ways. Yeah, listen. We're doing this show a new show and maybe you've heard of it
And he pitched extras to me and he convinced me that I was not speaking to my friend the impersonator
Really was Ricky's your ways now
I've never asked you this Ricky, but was that the customary way with which you approached actor?
Yeah, every time I asked every person
Personally to be in it and did you make sure they were in the supermarket now?
I didn't I thought you're in a play at the time. No sir. I was in the Bermondsey supermarket
It was amazing. It's still the record
for extras for the most takes to grown men
Just giggling just giggling every time he said knickers or something
How many days I think it was about 45, but it was just it was and it just got worse
And then you see the crew sort of not laughing anymore, and then I just couldn't do it. It was such a silly scene

